What is a tragic hero? Antagone is an interesting play with many interesting characters included in it. Antigone who is a women who just wanted to give her loving brother‚ Polyneices a proper burial. Creon Antigone’s uncle who sought after giving Polyneices the title of traitor. There is a right and a wrong and in my opinion Creon was in the wrong‚ i mean by making stupid‚ and stubborn decisions that would soon lead to his downfall‚ making him the tragic hero of this play. A tragic hero is a literary
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Antigone Essay In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ there are many instances of suffering and sacrifice in defense of Antigone’s and Creon’s cause. Between Antigone and Creon‚ Creon suffers the greater sacrifice. This is shown in the way that he sacrificed his own family’s life‚ while Antigone took her own life on purpose so she was not sacrificing anything‚ she wanted to die. This is also shown in the fact that Creon lost all respect from his kingdom‚ or citizens‚ and his self‚ while Antigone died with respect
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writes author Aldous Huxley. In "Antigone" the root of Creon’s immoral behavior is not an inability to distinguish between what is wrong and what is right‚ but‚ rather‚ a fear or a terror of what may occur if he were to choose the morally right way to operate. "Very well‚ I am afraid‚ then. Does that satisfy you? I am afraid that if you insist upon it‚ I shall have you killed. And I don’t want to (46)." Antigone acts in the complete opposite manner to Creon. She‚ as Creon can‚ is able to differentiate
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In differentiating between the protagonist and the secondary characters in Greek drama‚ four characteristics of a traditional Greek hero should be kept in mind: undying loyalty‚ strong convictions‚ a single character flaw‚ and a lesson learned. In the play‚ Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ two characters‚ Antigone and Creon‚ have thee of these four. The possession of the fourth quality is what sets one apart as the main character. Even though the title of the play is Antigone‚ the main character-the protagonist-
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INTRODUCTION Antigone Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus‚ the king that married his own mother‚ Locaste and unwittingly killed his father‚ Laios. When he learned what he had done‚ he blinded himself and left Thebes‚ voluntarily went into self-style exile and died over there. Antigone and Ismene are siblings‚ the only surviving children of Oedipus. The other two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles quarreled and killed each other in a battle when Polyneices returned to assault Thebes‚ then Creon‚ Antigone
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In Antigone‚ a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles‚ Creon is a tyrant and arrogant character who sees the world through the veil of his beliefs. When he decrees the punishment of death upon Antigone‚ he completely disregards every opinion that is against his own. By ignoring the views of others‚ he jeopardizes his strength as a ruler. Sophocles uses the extended metaphor of the ship of state to show how Creon’s self-righteous way of thinking leads to unwanted outcomes. From Creon’s mistakes we learn
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After Creon lost both of his nephews he made a decree banning the burial of one of them. After his niece buried her brother‚ Creon was in a difficult position in which he had to decide if he was going to continue to be consistent with his law and punish his niece‚ or to go against his morals and change his decree. Creon desires to be a sovereign king‚ therefore‚ he chooses to punish his niece after she broke the law by going against the decree he made. Sophocles portrays Antigone as the protagonist
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Creon acted very claim at first when he found out who did it‚ but why I think he did acted so very relax with her because he knew that his son and Antigone was getting married so he didn’t want to upset his son with upcoming married they are having. Antigone shows no emotions when talking to Creon‚ she just stands there looking down and talking just waiting for her death when she could’ve just done it when no one was around‚ but she just wanted to get it done as fast so she could have justice for
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Enemies are a threat to one’s personal public life. In Antigone‚ Creon states “An enemy is an enemy‚ even dead.” Creon’s unwillingness to show compassion and compromise to bring healing to his kingdom have tragic consequences. There are some people in reality who are living to intentionally hurt people. Between the first sentence and Creon’s statement‚ their relation acts as an answer to a statement from somebody’s own belief. Even if someone is to say how true it is for an enemy to cause a threat
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As the main character in the Greek classic “Antigone‚” Creon undergoes recognition and a reversal of fortune. Recognition is defined when the main character changes from ignorance to awareness. Reversal of fortune is described as a turn in fortune‚ usually from good fortune to bad fortune. Creon is also a better fit to Aristotle’s criteria of a tragic hero because the definition of a tragic hero is someone who holds great status and has hamartia. Harmartia is defined as a major character flaw that
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